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Special Bengal Assembly session today to pass Bill for inter-university transfer of teachers, staff

CM says the Bill was necessary as he leads saffron march to JU; teachers’ outfits call it ‘attack on universities' autonomy’.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. (Express File Photo)

4 min readKolkataSep 10, 2026 07:10 AM IST First published on: Sep 10, 2026 at 07:10 AM IST

The BJP government in West Bengal will introduce an amendment Bill in the Assembly during a one-day special session on Thursday, empowering it to transfer teaching and non-teaching staff from one state university to another – a move opposed by the various teachers’ associations and academics.

The state Cabinet had on Monday cleared the proposal to introduce the amendment Bill in the Assembly.

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